LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Four Life-Boats Searched for Survivors In the North Sea When the Oil Drilling Rig Sea Gem Collapsed on Boxing Day With the Loss of Eight Lives
Four life-boats searched for survivors in the North Sea when the oil drilling rig Sea Gem collapsed on Boxing Day with the loss of eight lives. Here one of the lifeboats is standing by at the buoyed wreck. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboats and Lifeguards In Action
Turn to the centre Listings of the Lifeboat magazine and you may be amazed at how often lifeboats launch. Only a tiny proportion of these ever feature in the Lifeboat. Here's a snapshot of the wide range of other lifeboat services...
Category: Services
Alpha and Lizzie, and Toiler
THURSO.—On the 8th of January, at 8 A.M., the ketch Crest, of Wick, lying at anchor in Scrabster Roads, showed a signal of distress during a very heavy N.
gale and a tremendous sea. The Charley Lloyd Life-boat proceeded to...
Story Of Success
SOS day 2008, on 25 January, was a great success. Thank you to everyone who took part and supported the RNLI’s national fundraising day.
Money is still coming in, so the Lifeboat can’t announce a figure for the total...
Category: Articles
Mercantile Credit
Sailing loan interest rates reduced for Shoreline members Now, as a Shoreline member, you're in a privileged position when it comes to financing your sailing.
Shoreline Sailing Loans are available to members from...
Category: Advertisement
Right When You Are Busy With One Task-Retrieving a Survivor for Example - Is the Worst Time to Suffer An Emergency
Right When you are busy with one task-retrieving a survivor for example - is the worst time to suffer an emergency.
Coxswain Eric Ward (front) and Mechanic Tommy Cocking from St Ives get to grips with an un-cooperative... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Definitive guide
The Lifeboat enthusiasts’ handbook 2009 is now out and available for £6. Essential for all who want to be sure of numbers, names and locations of every RNLI lifeboat, launching tractor and more, it can be ordered from the...
Category: Articles
A Silver Plated Replica of Chapman Light Made By Morris Johnson Was Presented to Her Majesty the Queen In June By Convey Island Branch; for 106 Years the Light
A silver plated replica of Chapman Light made by Morris Johnson was presented to Her Majesty The Queen in June by Convey Island branch; for 106 years the light marked Chapman Sands, known as 'the last hazard' to ships returning to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) Two of a Set of Six Gaelic Coffee Glasses (Or Wine Glasses) Made By Cavan Crystal Ltd Each Glass Carries a Different Decoration: the Rnli House Flag Crest A
(Above) Two of a set of six Gaelic coffee glasses (or wine glasses), made by Cavan Crystal Ltd. Each glass carries a different decoration: the RNLI house flag, crest, an ILB, 44' Waveney lifeboat and two... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) After Her Naming Ceremony at Shoreham on Thursday May 2 By Lady Egremont President of the Ladies' Lifeboat Guilds Mary Gabriel 37' 6" Rather Class Wa
(Above) After her naming ceremony at Shoreham on Thursday, May 2, by Lady Egremont, president of the ladies' lifeboat guilds, Mary Gabriel, 37' 6" Rather Class, was taken to her station, Hoylake, in Cheshire. A service of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs